South Asia

Pakistan on Friday ‘completely rejected’ India’s claim to have sent troops across its disputed border in Kashmir to kill suspected militants, as India evacuated villages near the frontier amid concerns about a military escalation…

India said on Thursday it had conducted ‘surgical strikes’ on suspected militants preparing to infiltrate from Pakistan-ruled Kashmir, making its first direct military response to an attack on an army base it blames on Pakistan and raising the risk of escalation…

Pakistan responded with fury Thursday after India said it had carried out ‘surgical strikes’ along the Line of Control dividing the disputed territory of Kashmir, as tensions soar between the rival nuclear powers…

Following Indian attack on the line of control that killed two Pakistani soldiers, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairperson Imran Khan on Thursday told reporters he will respond to Indian prime minister Narendra Modi during his Raiwind march…

The FBI is negotiating with a former branch manager of a Philippines bank for information relating to $81 million that she handled after it was stolen from the Bangladesh central bank’s account at the New York Federal Reserve, her lawyer said…

After the fatal Uri attack, Pakistan Army and Air Force have started its biggest core level joint war game exercise some 15-20km away from the international border adjoining Jaisalmer, reports The Times of India…

The mother and a brother of New York city bombing suspect Ahmad Rahami have been detained in Afghanistan after trying to return to the United States and being taken off a flight, the suspect’s father told ABC News…

Amid heightening tensions with India, Pakistan has barred low flying aircraft over its Karachi airspace – which is a stone’s throw from the international border at Gujarat and Rajasthan – for a week up to next Monday, reports The Times of India…

China’s ruling Communist Party will hold a key meeting from October 24 to 27, the official Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday, a session likely to focus on revising rules of party discipline as president Xi Jinping keeps up a battle on corruption…